/turlaKalis(i)-/, (ASINUS2.ANIMA)tú+ra/i-la-ka-li-si-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2199
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/turlaKalis(i)-/, (ASINUS2.ANIMA)tú+ra/i-la-ka-li-si-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Karkamiš, dating to the late 9th or early 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. pl. | /turlaKalisinzi/ | (ASINUS2.ANIMA)tú+ra/i-la-ka-li-si-i-zi | KARKAMIŠ A24a2+3, §3 (Karkamiš) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this noun closely follows its spelling, but remains unclear regarding the finer points due to the vagaries of the HLuw. writing system. Thus far, no potential cognates have been identified, and the phonological shape given above is just one of several possibilities such as /tur(r)alKalis(s)i-/, /turlaKlis(s)i-/ and more.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word has so far remained unclear, because neither its context of attestation nor its morphology are transparent. The inscription KARKAMIŠ A24a2+3 is severely fragmented, with §3 the first fully preserved clause: pa+ra/i-na-sa-pa-wa/i-ta-a(URBS) (ASINUS2.ANIMA)tú+ra/i-la-ka-li-si-i-zi ARHA CAPUT.CULTER?-tá, approx. /Parnassa=ba=wa=tta turlaKalisinzi ahha …-nta/, ‘ (as I …-ed the farmers for us), and they CAPUT.CULTER-ed away / in their entirety turlaKalisi-s in Parnassa’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:135).Note that Hawkins 2000a assigns the sentential roles in a different way, because he regards the first word as an acc. sg. with its regularly missing /n/ at least on the graphemic level. His translation therefore runs: ‘and the turlaKalisi-s CAPUT.CULTER-ed Parnassa away’, which is also possible. The logograms ASINUS2 and ANIMA suggest an equid (see e.g. Hawkins & Morpurgo Davies 1998a:253 n. 12), but Taş & Weeden 2011a:58 point out the rather peculiar shape of the sign read ASINUS2, and consider the word to denote a people. Neither suggestion is followed here, as both are too speculative for the moment.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The noun is evidently a common gender and it appears to follow the i-mutated inflectional pattern. Beyond that, the morphological analysis has to await further etymological evidence.
[AH.B.]